Detachable sole and heel for boots and shoes.



DETACHABLE SOLE AND HEEL'FQR BOOTS AND SHOES. APPLICATION FILED AUG.25| 1914.

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H. 8. SMITH.

Patented June 1, i915. 2 SHEET$$HEET H. 8. SMITH.

DETACHABLE SOLE AND HEEL FOR BOOTS AND SHOES. APPLICATION FILED AUG.25. I914.

1 g44 Patented June 1, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- amentoz UNITED STATES OFFICE.

HORACE SIDNEY SMITH, or YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, ASSIGNOR To HORACE SIDNEY SMITH, TRUSTEE.

DETACHABLE SOLE AND HEEL FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1915.

Application filed August 25, 1914. Serial No. 858,476.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE SIDNEY SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Youngstown, in the county of Mahoning and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Detachable-Soles and Heels forBoots and Shoes,

of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in boots and shoes, and particularly to detachable soles and heels therefor.

The primary object of the invention is to provide means whereby new soles and heels may be readily and conveniently applied to boot or shoe, to take the place of worn-out soles and heels, without the neces- 'sity of employing the aid of a skilled repairman and without marring the shape or appearance of the boot or shoe.

A further object of the invention is to pro vide detachable sole and heel sections which may be fastened in position in a secure manner and interlocked together to obviate any liability of their displacement, and which may be economically manufactured and sold.

The invention consists of the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts herein fully described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which 1- Figure l is a side elevation of a shoe provided with a detachable sole and heel embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the sole and heel. connections detached and disposed in proper relative positions. Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse section through the shoe. Fig. 5 is a detail view showing the interlocking connection between ends of the fastening strips of the sole and heel sections.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a boot or shoe of any ordinary or suitable construction, and provided with the usual insole 2. In accordance with my invention, I provide a thin retaining plate 3 of sheet metal or other suitable material which is riveted or otherwise fastened securely to the insole 2. This plate 3, which covers the entire toe, heel and instep portion of the insole, is made of somewhat greater dimensions than the insole to provide a projecting marginal portion or retaining flange 4,

which is engaged by the detachable sole and heel sections 6 to secure the same to the shoe.

Thetoe and heel sections are respectively provided upon their upper faces with and around their outer margins, retaining strips 7 and 8 of metal or other suitable material, preferably oxidized spring steel, which are nailed or otherwise suitably fastened thereto, or as indicated atf), and each of which strips is provided around its outer marginal portion with a retaining head 10 to engage and interlock with the retainipg flange 4 of the retaining plate 3. As shown, the beads 10 of the respective strips 7 and 8 project around those portions of said strip which extend around the margins of the soleand I heel sections, and are of hooked or channel form to receive and engage over the flange 4, and to bear with a spring pressure thereon, whereby the sole and heel sections when applied will be firmly fastened to the insole of the shoe.

As will be readily apparent, the detachable sole and heel sections may be applied in position by sliding them longitudinally into engagement with the projecting edge or-flange 4 of the plate 3 from the toe and heel ends of the shoe, and may be removed by a reverse sliding operation when it is desired todetach them when worn for the substitution of new detachable soles and heels. For the purpose of interlocking the detachable sole and heel sections together, insuring their retention upon the shoe against any possibility of displacement, I provide suitable interlocking connections between the mentioned parts. To this end the terminals of the strip 7 are provided with arms or extensions 11 provided at their free ends with notches 12 extending inwardly a determined distance from their outer edges. while the terminals of the strip 8 are provided with relatively shorter extensions 13 projecting beyond the breast of the heel and provided with downwardly and backwardly turned locking hooks 14 to' engage the notches 12, whereby the retaining strips of the detachable sole and heel sections may be engaged and fastened together and held from relative endwise movement or dis placement or any tendency of the respective strips to spread. The parts are interlocked when the sole and heel sections are applied by springing the arms 11 inwardly as they are brought intojposition between the ex.-

' tensions 13 and with new soles and the notched ,ends' will move "outward latorally, into engagement with the hooks'l l and lwill. lie in the bightsof said-hooks. the detachable sole and heel seetions, thearms 11 aresprung inwardly out of engagement'with.thehooks v ing an inner so When it is desired to remove 14, whereupon the sole and heel sections Will be released andmay be slidably detached from the retaining plate 8; Y

From the foregoing connection with the drawings, the construction and mode of use of the detachable soles and heels -for shoes seen that a shoe provided withtheretaining late 2-5 may be supplied whenever required heels in a ready and eonevenient manner, and without the necessity of the user employing skilled; help the aid of a repairman, andthat such detachable soles and heels may be applied without mar-ring the shape or appearance then releasing them. so that applied will description taken in beads to" engage embodying my invention will be'readily understood, and 'll) will be of which is preserved by the retaining plate Also it will be seen that the sole and heel-sections when be securely held in position an may be economically manufactured and furnished;

71 claim:- l

The combination with a boot or shoe'hav- 1 le, of retaining sole and provided with a of the shoe, the contour cured to the inner projecting marginalretaining flange, ide

tacha'ble soleand heel sections, and retaining strips upon said sections having interned flange, said strips; being provided with ex-v tensions adapted l for interlocking "engage ini ent' with 7 each other;

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